Quaderna table, design by Superstudio for Zanotta with a honeycomb structure coated with Print white plastic coating with silk-screen printed black squares. The table is characterized by simple and precise shapes.
The entire surface, including the top and the legs is finished with the plastic coating and 3 cm squares.
Designed by Superstudio the group founded in Florence by Cristiano Toraldo di Francia and Adolfo Natalini in 1966, the Quaderna table has been produced without interruption by Zanotta since 1970.
The Quaderna table, a cult object, is a product of the Radical Design style. This was the movement started in Tuscany that later spread internationally in the sixties and seventies. It aimed at revolutionizing the conventional approach to architecture and planning. Radical Design meant putting a stop to placing rationality and functionality at the core of planning. Instead, designers found a new appreciation of emotions and human communication. Ettore Sottsass was the first to pioneer these principles. His work allowed the 'radicals' to discover the potential of this new approach to design. Archizoom, Superstudio, Ufo and Pettena all count as representatives of the Radical Design movement.
This piece received immediate recognition and was awarded the golden medal at the M.I.A. International exhibition of 1971. The Quaderna table is exhibited in the following museums: israel museum, jerusalem - museum für angewandte kunst, köln - kunstgewerbemuseum, berlin - kunstmuseum, düsseldorf - la triennale, milano - vitra design museum, weil am rhein.
The table is available in the square or rectangular version
Starting price (VAT included): € 5.410,70